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* Jin Kisaragi of ''[[Blaz Blue]]'', pictured to the right. He's apparently "not good with people" and admittedly in flashbacks it's shown that he was once a reasonably decent guy, if usually callous and indifferent to normal peoples' suffering. But hearing his hated/beloved brother is alive evidently snaps even this fragile remnant of his sanity and pushes him into full-out [[Ax Crazy|mad psychosis.]] He has been lately getting a little better, but he still remains a colossal dick, especially to Noel Vermillion (long story).

* Leonard's pact-partner in ''[[Drakengard]]'', the [[Small Annoying Creature|malicious unnamed fairy]]. She goes beyond annoying, however, in that she uses every chance she gets in conversation to [[Break the Cutie|inflict psychological torture on him,]] bringing up how Leonard is a complete failure, how he couldn't protect his family, and how he couldn't even kill himself when [[Driven to Suicide]]. Her attitude is such that it [[Fridge Logic|boggles the mind]] to contemplate how he ever agreed to a pact with her in the first place. Probably some [[It's All My Fault|twisted form of repentance.]]

** She does get some well-deserved comeuppance in one of the routes, though, leading to a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Leonard.

** Similarly, Jecht from ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' during the first half of the game. He's emotionally abusive toward Tidus (a mini-game involves Tidus trying to suppress memories of his father's abuse while trying to make a shot), initially a surly, disrespectful drunk while in Spira, and, while drunk, is responsible for accidentally attacking and injuring a shoopuff.

* Lara Croft in ''[[Tomb Raider]]: Angel of Darkness'' has been made into a badass tough girl to the point where it is just plain annoying. This is also a case of [[Flanderization]].

* In ''[[Enchanted Arms]]'', [[Flamboyant Gay|Token Gay Guy]] Makoto gets introduced as a Jerkass, getting [[Clingy Jealous Girl|jealous]] of anyone who gets close to Toya, advocating cutting and running, verbally kicking the dog, and also generally making it abudently clear he doesn't like the hero. The stereotypical lisp and the over-confident win quotes don't help.

* Erol from the ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' series is in Jak's face constantly from the moment the two characters first meet. Making it that much more satisfying when you finally {{spoiler|blow him to pieces at the end of the third game.}}

** Anomen eventually ends up with a character-focused side quest that sees him try to become a paladin; if he fails the test, he renounces the paladin oaths and (eventually, if you can stand keeping him around until the expansion pack) becomes more honest about his dark side, if he succeeds he becomes more paladin-like and courteous (but stays holier-than-thou). Either way, his jerkassness is reduced... Slightly.

** Just to illustrate how much of [[The Scrappy]] Anomen is, the [[Let's Play]] of ''Baldur's Gate II'' saw him ejected out of the party... By being thrown into a dimensional rift to ''the elemental plane of [[Bee-Bee Gun|Bees]]''.

* Bishop from ''Neverwinter Nights 2'' certainly had his moments. If the player character is female, he gets to call her a whore, and his [[Jerkass|personality]] and [[Chaotic Evil|actions]] definitely get him in trouble with [[Lawful Good]] [[Knight in Shining Armor|Paladin]] Casavir. Somehow still manages to be [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|popular with the ladies]].

** In fact, he is ''so'' reviled (and designed that way, to be sure) that, in the PSP [[Updated Rerelease]], {{spoiler|you can kill him ''again''}}. And no, his attitude between the first {{spoiler|death}} and the second doesn't get any better.

* ''[[Gears of War]]'' has Baird, who is a capable soldier, but is also a complete [[Jerkass]]. Methinks that if the humans weren't so strapped for troops, Baird would find himself off the frontlines rather quickly. However, this is something of a deconstruction in that his attitude has seen him busted back down to private numerous times.

* In the sequel, Dom acts like somewhat of a [[Jerkass]] (perhaps unintentionally) with constant references to Snipers around Benjamin Carmine. Although it seems that {{spoiler|Anthony's death was made out to be way more heroic than it actually was, so Ben doesn't even ''know'' he should be offended.}}

* ''[[Half Life]] 2'': Episode Two introduced Dr. Arne Magnusson. He is insensitive to the emotional needs of others, will yell at you to keep moving when you are pinned down by enemy fire, and after you save the base (using a weapon he invented) tries to take all the credit (which, for a scientist, is a mortal sin). Strangely, the vortigaunts (aliens allied to humanity) seem to like him.

** And while we're on the game, Phoenix in the 3rd game discovers that someone is impersonating him. When he confronts the guy, not only he's a total jerkass, he's a downright bully who would rather kick everyone's ass for even looking at him funny. When a girl named Viola Cadaverini shows up, though, he goes from tiger to kitten, and for good reason: {{spoiler|Several months before, he got into a traffic accident with Viola, whose granddad is a mob boss, and he was forced to pay $1 million for the surgery on poor Viola. Even jerkasses know better than to piss off a mob boss.}}

** Out of earshot, however, he outright insults Viola. Considering this happens right after the girl's [[Cry Cute|tearful confession]] about the whole matter, this comes off as [[Kick the Dog|seriously nasty]].

** Shi-Long '''"[[Catch Phrase|NOT SO FAST!]]"''' Lang. Gives Edgeworth and Franziska shit just for being prosecutors, and boasts a high arrest rate for a not-very-good reason: he likes to just [[The Corpse Stops Here|arrest the first suspicious person he sees]] and let those prosecutors he hates so much worry about things like "evidence" and "actual guilt or innocence". Probable cause? What's that?

* Linebeck from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[Phantom Hourglass]]''.

* Midna from ''[[Twilight Princess]]'' who, like Linebeck, simply sees Link as a means to get what she wants, though she starts [[Defrosting Ice Queen|defrosting]] as early as the end of the second dungeon.

* Another Zelda [[Jerkass]], this time from [[Ocarina of Time]], is Mido. He's the self-proclaimed boss of the Kokiri, hates Link's guts and treats all the other Kokiri like dirt (with the exception of Saria).

** When you meet him in the future, however, he clearly states that he regrets his behavior towards Link, after being reminded of him by the adult version of Link, who he of course doesn't recognize due to the fact that Kokiris don't age and that Link was raised by said people. Still, that moment counts as a big [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].

** Hey, hey, let's not forget about him brainwashing a corporate executive. And became {{spoiler|Giygas's DIRECT ASSISTANT.}}

** And, on a lesser note, you can add Fassad (or Yokuba {{spoiler|or Locria}}, whichever you prefer). He proves his douchiness with regularly electrocuting Salsa (on top of stealing a Luxury Banana if you grab it during Chapter 3) on top of the slave labor, and when Lucas and company figure out the truth to the Thunder Tower, he gives the order to evacuate him and ''then'' blow it up. {{spoiler|Let's not forget that his leaking the truth of the world to Porky was half the reason things got to be as fucked up as they are. The fact that he is reassembled as a chimera simply cheats the player out of a karmic death (he slipped on a banana atop said tower) while doing jack to detract from the douchiness.}}

** Special mention should go to [[With Friends Like These...|*the entire rest of his family and friends except for Mieu, Ion and his mother.*]] Tear treats him like an idiot for not knowing basic things even after she learns about his amnesia and upbringing, and was even willing to let him get arrested for a crime he didn't commit, just to teach him a lesson in manners. Jade does the same, except he had a valid reason to arrest him and is even more condescending, especially since he (and Ion) already figured out the secret that might have let Luke avoid his first major BSOD, but didn't think to tell him until it was too late. Anise was trying to seduce him for his wealth {{spoiler|and was working as a spy for Mohs, and thus responsible for quite a lot of the bad guys' interference and eventually the death of her beloved Ion.}} His best friend was nice to him, but it turns out that {{spoiler|he had infiltrated Luke's family in order to destroy it, was working with the [[Big Bad]] in order to do it (though he didn't know the true extent of the guy's plans), and subconsciously wanted to kill Luke.}} His fiancee/cousin {{spoiler|(not really)}} blackmailed him into joining the party. His father, uncle, and {{spoiler|beloved master/surrogate father set him up to suicide bomb a place to start a world war, with the last giving him a [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]] lecture just after activating the rather insulting post-hypnotic command to make him fire his hyper resonance}}. After that last event, most of his party {{spoiler|blames him for not trusting them and for actions that they ''knew'' were done while under the post-hypnotic command and abandons him to go questing with }}Asch{{spoiler|, his older brother, sortof,}} who tried to murder him at least twice, assaults him repeatedly through the course of the game, helped kidnap Ion, helped slaughter Jade's crew, constantly withholds vital information, and basically calls him {{spoiler|Replica}} like it's a racial slur. At least Luke's jerkassery was basically confined to his mouth.

** Well, in Guy's defense, {{spoiler|he only wanted to kill Luke and his family because Luke's father destroyed his entire family. Growing up with Luke however, pretty much made him decide not to kill Luke, though the idea was still there in his subconscious. Also, after he finds out what Van is planning, he attempts to use his power as Van's master to get him to stop.}}

*** Mohs is much worse then a mere [[Jerkass]]. [[Moral Event Horizon|Much]], ''[[Player Punch|much]]'' [[Complete Monster|worse]].

** The game's most overt, unrepentant example of this, however, is Sync the Tempest. All the other God-Generals have [[Worthy Opponent|noble qualities]] or [[Pet the Dog]] moments, but not Sync. He'll [[Kick the Dog]] or hurl insults at every opportunity, and while his comrades want to [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|make the world a better place]], {{spoiler|all [[Nietzsche Wannabe|Sync]] wants is to [[Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum|destroy the world that gave him his wretched existence.]]}}

** Don't forget Joshua [Yoshuya Kiryuu], who gets the main character to want to choke him to death about ten seconds after they meet. {{spoiler|Well, okay, that's actually the second time they meet, [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|not that Neku remembers]]. The ''first'' time, Josh killed him. And he does it again by the end of the game. Go Josh!}} Thing is, he's a Jerkass and does it <s>[[Ho Yay|out of love]]</s> on purpose. That's what he's loved for, actually - well, that and the (not so) [[Ambiguously Gay]] attitude.

** Neku was also kind of a jerkass before Character Development

* The VUX from [[Star Control]] ''say'' that our [[Humans Are Bastards|first contact with them]] was so insulting that they hate us forever...Until we discover their [[Humans Are Ugly|real reason]], at which point the player realizes (if he hasn't already) that they're just incredibly thin-skinned and self-centered snobs.

** You can, over the course of several conversations with their ships, actually ''convince them that humanity is truly and honestly sorry for the insult'', at which point they outright say that they just don't care and attack you anyway.

** Also, Marcello, especially late in the game, where he {{spoiler|throws your team in a nearly-inescapable prison after they save the life of the High Priest (claiming them to be the ones that attacked him). The High Priest dies a little later anyway, at which point Marcello goes on a massive power trip and tries to take over the church, and finally, still professing his hatred to his brother Angelo AFTER being saved by him.}}

** And while I'm on this game, let's not forget Vharley himself, who {{spoiler|kidnapped Alicia, forcing Regal to give the Toize Valley Mine to him in exchange for her life, then returns Alicia to Regal. AS A MONSTER WHO BEGS REGAL TO KILL HER.}} [[Karma Houdini|He got off lightly]] when Regal and Presea "dealt with him", if you ask me. It should've been much more painful.

** And in the sequel, we get to meet a [[Upperclass Twit|trio of Tethe'allan nobles]] on a tour through the Sylvaranti areas of the new world. Check them out: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX9RXfdcuPw&feature=related\][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMcaTv0iVcY&feature=related\]

** Speaking of {{spoiler|Captain Qwark, he too qualifies; whether it be setting events up to make someone, usually Ratchet, look like the bad guy in order to portray himself as the hero, or sending someone else to do the dirty work and take all the credit.}}

* Walnut from ''[[Phantom Brave]]'' qualifies. However, {{spoiler|he's a much nicer person in ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'' (and a lot cooler to boot).}}

*** Furthermore, s/he thinks the most measured and polite response to most people is to either punch them or shove a gun into their faces. Finally, in what culminates as one of Renegade Shepard's Crowning Moments of Jerkassery, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v42UhB7polA this] scene happens. Keep in mind, many people commenting on the video say that they don't even ''like'' Jack, and they ''still'' think Shepard is the asshole here. There's also the fact that, in the Renegade playthrough of Zaeed's loyalty mission, {{spoiler|s/he thinks Zaeed's burning down of the factory was a good idea, [[Moral Event Horizon|and even says to him "If you say Vido dies, he dies]]."}}

*** Behold, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy-eRfupYbA Commander Shepard, Jerkass.] And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PjTuSQNLI4 two years later, he's an even bigger jerk.]

*** This carries over in the sequel whereas he lives up his [[Only Sane Man]] status and helps in brokering peace between Quarians and Geth. Han'Gerrel, on the other hand, becomes the [[Jerkass]] who is too hell bent on destroying the Geth, even risking on blowing Shepard and Tali along with the Geth Dreadnought they're in, and could possibly lead the Quarians to utter genocide just to destroy the Geth.

* Myron from [[Fallout]] 2 is a smug, obnoxious teenager with grating voice who just won't shut up bragging about how smart he is for inventing the nastiest, most lethal drug around. The fact his invention kills tons of people daily doesn't concern him at all. Also, if the player's character is female, tries to rape her; also, cowardly and useless in combat. What's not to hate?

** [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|Disintegrating the smug bastard with a plasma rifle.]]

*** Or listening to him casually remark on how they had to go through about a hundred slaves suffering from heart attacks and cerebral hemorrhages to get the formula for Jet right, inviting him into the party, [[Laser-Guided Karma|and then selling him off to the slaver boss in the Den to eventually be experimented on by the Enclave.]]

* Lord Yuna from "[[Breath of Fire]]" 4; he's one of the most subtle and potent examples of jerkery in a videogame. He's an adviser and thaumaturge in the employ of the Fou Empire, but is of course {{spoiler|behind the scenes the entire time, orchestrating pretty much every unpleasant event that occurs.}} His crowning moment of jerkery is when it's revealed that {{spoiler|Princess Nina's disappeared sister had not only been captured and incarcerated by Yuna, but fused with parts from the panoply of magical creatures that inhabit his world and made into one of the Endless, an undying, immortal being usually worshiped as gods. There are several catches to this, of course. The bad news is that the poor girl is confined to her bed, as a pulsing umbilical connects her to the distorted, building-sized mass of organs that powers her immortality. The worse news is that Yuna intended to use her immortal body as a sort of perpetual sacrifice, ritualistically torturing her over and over in order to power a hex-firing supergun.}} The worst part? He's a pacifist, and hides behind his non-violence in order to avoid retribution. [[Karma Houdini|You never get the satisfaction of pounding his skinny ribs in]].

* [[Glamorous Wartime Singer|Rosie]] from ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' starts out as this, especially to Isara. She gets better, especially to Isara, {{spoiler|most notably after Fauzen}}. Prince Maximillian and General Damon are practically incurable examples, Cezary also applies, who was such a jerk that it took a memory reseting brain injury to change his ways.

* The crazy church guy from ''[[Left 4 Dead]]''. Instead of letting the survivors into the safehouse with him, he declares as soon-to-be infected and rings the church bell to summon a horde of zombies. After the attack is over, the church guy changes into a random special infected, allowing you to open the door and extract karma on him. Before the change, Zoey describes him best:

{{quote| '''Zoey:''' Hey, jerkass! Why don't you open the damn door!?}}

*** Nick is quite the asshole to Coach and Ellis throughout the game. He insults their hero, Jimmy Gibbs Jr., by saying he looks like an asshole, insults Coach in the tunnel of love by saying "Bring back any memories, Coach? You, a cheeseburger, romance in the air," mocks Ellis' accent ("You can almost call this the CE-met river, Ellis!") and just loves to insult everyone living in the south.

{{quote| '''Nick''': Why couldn't I have been in Vegas when the zombie outbreak hit? Or Atlantic City? Instead, I'm trapped in some god damn hillbilly tunnel of love! Did you see the sign out front? Cousins only day!}}

* There are more than a few of these in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. One that springs immediately to mind without sparking a huge debate is Arch Druid Fandral Staghelm. He has a [[Freudian Excuse]], but is rude, bossy and unappreciative to ''everyone'', both players and NPCs.

** Here's another one whom it's unlikely anyone will argue about: [[The Scrappy|Garrosh]] [[Blood Knight|Hellscream]].

*** Then the Twilight Highlands happened, pushing him right back.

** There's also Genn Greymane, a [[Dirty Coward]] who gave little support to [[The Alliance]] in the second war, hid when [[The Alliance]] needed him, believed Alterac belonged to him and refused to let in dying refugees in. It took till the latest expansion Cataclysm for him to show redeeming features.

** And let's not forget Marshal "I hate you, long-eared freak, now go and protect my country from the Undead" Garithos. He even [[Bullying a Dragon|insults the dreadlord]] he teams up with to retake Lordaeron, and his last words before Sylvanas has Varimathras kill him are [[Ungrateful Bastard|insulting them and demanding that they get out of his city]].

** The two remaining Barov brothers, Alexi and Weldon are quite condescending to the player, and belittle them while sending them to kill the other sibling. As of Cataclysm, however, Alexi no longer has the quest for his inheritance, and treats the player with the same politeness that most questgivers do, while Weldon remains as arrogant as before.

** A lot this has to do with Alundra failing to {{spoiler|save his sister}} on top of the whole [[Anvilicious]] {{spoiler|[[God Is Evil]]}} theme that permeates the latter half of the story.

** {{spoiler|His sister is actually still alive and tried her damndest, bless her, to convince him that Alundra is not evil (those who died before he started his hate-run are mostly just other villagers not directly close to him). Giles is not listening.}}

** Shinji actually descends into something much closer to [[Complete Monster]] levels {{spoiler|when it is revealed throughout the various points of the game, particularly in the Heaven's Feel path, that he frequently ''raped'' Sakura, used a Command Seal in order to ''rape'' Rider, and is heavily insinuated to have also ''raped'' Mitsuzuri before having Rider drain her energy}}. The guy is a demented sicko, well beyond the levels of your common [[Jerkass]].

** The Team Rocket disguise thing... Well, {{spoiler|he's Giovanni's son. He should recognize any fakes immediately.}}

** Of course, we can't forget the original jerk, Blue. And his anime counterpart, GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK.

** There's also the obnoxious and egotistical Kent, and a few of the survivors, with [[Fat Bastard|Ronald]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|taking the cake]]. Frank is at least trying to get as many still-surviving humans to safety as possible but all Ronald cares about is how much extra food you can provide him.

* Almost everyone from the ''[[Touhou Project]]'' is one kind of jerkass or another, with the constant barrage of insults, provoking into battles, and naughty words that would make any real Japanese faint from the cruelty. It's even noted in-game that the title Shrine Maiden, Reimu Hakurei can be a real asshole. Fanon, naturally, takes this further.

* The Mayor from ''Advance Wars: Days of Ruin'' is one of these. Brenner saved his town several times, and the Mayor once agreed to shelter Will and Isabella in exchange for the Wolves beating the raiders attacking the town. After the battle, he ''goes back on his deal''. He suffers a [[Karmic Death]], though, as the [[Big Bad]] gives him an "antidote" for [[The Virus]] that he created. Turns out, it's poison.

* Warden Celia from ''[[Dungeon Siege]] 2'' is a total bitch not just to you, but to ''everyone else''. In fact, it's practically a [[Running Gag]] that the other Dryads chide her for being too harsh, and she responds by chiding them for being too ''soft''. {{spoiler|Unsurprisingly, she does a [[Face Heel Turn]] and becomes the [[Big Bad]]'s [[The Dragon|dragon]] in ''Broken World''.}}

** From the same game, Finala is a whiny, obnoxiously self centered and arrogant bitch who constantly elevates herself above the rest of the party. In fact, at one point you literally have to grovel and suck up to her and tell her how much you suck compared to her to advance the plot.

* Morrigan in ''[[Dragon Age]]'' could be counted as this. She's sarcastic, condescending, and impolite no matter how you talk to her. Sure, you can make her nicer by giving her gifts and such, but if you do nothing this is ''exactly'' how she comes across.

** She's at least more subdued about it than her ''Awakenings'' counterpart Velanna. Picture Morrigan's attitude and add in [[Fantastic Racism|racism]] and some extra moodiness.

* [[Alan Wake]], from the game of the same name, is a slightly milder case of this than usual. He and his wife Alice travel to [[The Other Rainforest|Bright Falls]] for a vacation, but when Alice reveals that she brought a typewriter along to try and end his two-year writer's block, he immediately flips out, yelling at her and storming out of their cabin into the night, knowing full well that Alice is afraid of the dark. He punches out a psychologist who ''also'' tries to help him with the writer's block (although the pyschologist ''is'' a [[Smug Snake]]). In an interview seen via flashback, he's mentioned as having a temper, and is strongly implied to have punched a member of the paparazzi. His tendency to be a jerk is basically limited to these incidents, though.

** A more traditional case is Agent Nightingale, being a [[Deconstruction]] of [[Cowboy Cop]]. He endangers the townsfolk in his pursuit of Alan, mocks Alan by always calling him by another author's name, and locks him up with little to no evidence, among other things.

* Rico in [[Killzone|Killzone 2]] , He get's a teammate killed, and the at the end of the game he, in universe, [[Ruined FOREVER|ruined things FOREVER]] for all of his allies.It also falls into [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]].

* Shie in [[Canvas 2]]. She's genuinely protective of Hagino, but seems not to realize what a horrible bitch she is.

** Hermes counts too. The way he taunts you all the time about how slow you are makes the player really want to catch him and kill him. {{spoiler|You get to hack his legs off, because you wanted his shoes.}}

* The ''[[Suikoden]]' series has Luc who is one of the most powerful wizards in the entire series to be a petty dick.

** In Suikoden2, his only Combo attack is with two warrior-types. They rush forward to attack the enemy... and he blasts them ''and'' the enemy with a massive air attack, damaging both of them. That's right: He's such a petty dick that it actually affects the game mechanics.

* At the beginning of the first [[Shivers]] game, the first thing you see is you being locked in a haunted museum by your friends. Never mind the fact that two kids went missing in there before and were never seen again, they just laugh and joke about it. Then they have the gall to go see a movie together while you fight for your life.

* Roy Earle in ''[[LA Noire]]''. At first, he is willing to help Cole in the vice cases until {{spoiler|he sells him out by revealing his affair with Elsa to the media}}.

* Shun and Soma, the two most prominent bad guys in ''[[Eien no Aselia]],'' are complete dicks to everyone. Shun is even a dick before he becomes a badguy. {{spoiler|The actual big bad and her dragon are [[Cute and Psycho|Cute Psycho]] and [[Worthy Opponent]] who are at least polite about trying to destroy the planet.}}

* Murase and Yaginuma in ''[[Kara no Shoujo]].''

{{quote| Ward: {{spoiler|Listen, Irish, we got niggers, kikes, slant-eyes, spics and asians all cooped up within spittin' distance of each other. If it wasn't for me, we'd have all sorts of racial shit breakin' out.}}}}

** Also, at least one character refers to Ward as a redneck. The interesting (and ironic) part is when you find out that Ward's first name is {{spoiler|Malachi, a name used mostly in Ireland as an anglicization of two Gaelic names}}.

* [[Fear Effect]]. Arguably every single playable character.

** Arguably every playable character? Try Deke. In his profile for both games he's described as a "borderline psychopath". Hana and Glas get several [[Pet the Dog]] moments, with Rain being a borderline [[Woobie]].

* [[Kingdom Hearts]] gives us Xigbar, Xaldin and Larxene. Xigbar is by definition a [[Troll]]. Xaldin tormented Beast using psychological warfare. And Larxene? She is just plain unpleasant.

* Kalas from ''[[Baten Kaitos]]: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean'' starts out as one of these, big time. After he saves Xelha from the Saber Dragon, he loots the bodies of her friends and insults her for calling him out on it. When she's captured later, if you suggest rescuing her, Kalas will say she's [[Somebody Else's Problem]], and only free her when it becomes apparent he needs her help to open a door. Later, he mocks her for doing what she believes is right, and almost abandons her to the Empire. {{spoiler|Post-[[Heel Face Turn]], however, he becomes quite a bit more heroic}}.

** One nameless girl in Hanako's route comes out when Hisao is trying to bring schoolwork to Hanako in her room. If he asks her about Hanako, she will talk about her contemptuously before leaving, and if he decides not to, she will rudely walk off.

* President Takao Kuroi from [[The Idolmaster]] series. Used to be a colleague of your President Takagi until a falling out... then he spends his entire life trying to upstage Takagi in every way, either with sabotaging the 765 Pro idols or giving nasty rumors about the 765 Pro idols to his idols. He also speaks callously to anything 765 Pro, referring them as [[Pitiful Worms]]. ''All to feel superior over Takagi''. He crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]] big time in the anime version.

* Altair, the ''[[Player Character]]'' of [[Assassin's Creed]], is such a pain-in-the-ass arrogant screw-up at the start of the game that his fellowship's leader ''stabs'' him in full view of the rest of the organization. When Altair awakens he has no weapons, little armor or health and has to earn them all back.